Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.

I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what will happen.

Before we become too arrogant with the most deadly of the seven deadly sins, the sin of pride, let us remember that the two great wars of this century, wars which cost twenty million dead, were fought between Christian nations praying to the same God.

No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him, his secretaries, have written that he was deeply hurt by what was said about him and drawn about him, but on the other hand, Lincoln had the great strength of character never to display it, always able to stand tall and strong and firm no matter how harsh or unfair the criticism might be. These elements of greatness, of course, inspire us all today.

If I had feelings, I probably wouldn’t have even survived.

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. We will give them a few shots and it will be over.

God, of course, is the greatest philosopher of all.